The War Memorial of Korea (Seoul)

 war memorial, military museum

29 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, South Korea
Phone: +82 2-709-3114
www.warmemo.or.kr/Eng/index

The War Memorial of Korea opened in 1994 on the former site of the army headquarters to exhibit and memorialize the Military history of Korea. The memorial building has six indoor exhibition rooms and an outdoor exhibition center displaying over 13,000 items of war memorabilia and examples military equipment.

As most of the world's regions, the Korean peninsula has seen many wars among and within its states as well as intrusions from neighboring powers. Over the centuries, the southern states slowly seized territory from the neighboring states and peoples such as the Jurchen, driving the border north and consolidating the peninsula under a single state, suffering several invasions that its allies helped to overcome.

The War Memorial was built to commemorate participant and victims of the wars which led to the modern nation state. The museum also has the purpose of educating future generations by collecting, preserving, and exhibiting various historical relics and records related to the many wars fought in the country from a South Korean perspective.